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P. A. SMITH, Jr.

BUTTON FASTENER.

No. 253,635. Patented 'Feb. 14,1882.

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FRANKLIN A. SMITH, JR, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THEHEATON BUTTON FASTENER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,635, dated February14, 1882.

Application filed December 15, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN A. SMITH, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinButton-Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention has for its object to provide a button-fastener of asimplified and novel construction, whereby the shank of the button maybe readily connected to said fastener and applied to any desired articleof wearing-apparel in the simplest and best possible manner; and itconsists of a fastening device formed with fasteningprongs and providedwith a loop or neck for receiving and holding the eye or shank of thebutton, and with a flat table or projection standing at right angles tothe base of said loop on one side, which is adapted to rest upon theupper surface of the leather or other material to which it may beattached, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, andspecifically designated in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l represents an enlarged perspectiveview of my improved fastener attached to the eye or shank of a button;Fig 2, a similar view of the fastener with the button removed therefrom;Fig. 3, the blank from which said fasteneris formed; Fig. 4, a side viewof the fastener as applied to the button and fabric; Fig. 5, amodification of my improved device, and Fig. 6 the blank from which saidmodified form of fastener is made.

Similar letters of reference occurring on the several figures indicatecorresponding parts.

My improved fastener is formed from the blank shown in Fig. 3, andisprovided with a front and rear prong, B B, both being thinned to an edgeat their points to enable them to readily penetrate thematerial to whichthe fastener and button are designed to be attached,

and to be turned back into said material by -D, which stands at rightangles to said neck or loop 0 and to the rear prong, B, and which isadapted to rest upon the upper surface of the material to which thedevice is to be attached, as fully shown in Fig. 40f the drawings.

In the operation of attaching the button to the desired article ofwearing-apparel the eye or shank of the same is slipped over the frontprong, B, and up into the loop or neck 0, and the parts thus connectedare then placed in a slot in the upper jaw of the usualsetting-instrument, with the prongs B B projecting downward. Thematerial to which the fastener and button are to be attached isthen'inserted between the jaws of the setting-instrument, and the prongsforced downward and through the fabric, and then turned back again intothe under side of the same by a die in the lower jaw of the saidsetting-instrument, in a manner well known. The prongs B B, afterpassing through the said material or fabric, may be turned or benttoward the plate or table D or in a reverse direction to each other, asmay be deemed most preferable.

A modification of my invention is shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in which therear prong, B, is dispensed with, the plate or table D serving as ameans for preventing the eye or shank of the button from slipping off orbecoming detached from the neck (3, and the single prong B adapted to beclinched through and into the fabric in a manner well known.

By means of my improvements I am enabled to produce a button-fastener ofa compact and simplified construction, requiring but little I am awareof the patent granted to George W. Prentice underd'ate of September 10,1878, and numbered 207,818, and do not desire to claim the constructionshown therein but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis- 1. The herein-described button-fastener, consisting of the twoprongs B B, provided respectively with an eye or loop, 0, and a table orplate, D, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The herein-described blank for'buttonfasteners consisting of theplate provided with a front and rear prong, an intermediate neck or100p, and an enlarged base or table, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN AUGUSTUS SMITH, JR. Witnesses:

GEO. W. PRENTICE, E. FISHER.

